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30 days of journaling, chance, and living the questions
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A personal update
Dec 1, 2021
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Suleika Jaouad
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Back Again
Sep 1, 2024
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Suleika Jaouad
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I WROTE A NEW BOOK!
Oct 17, 2024
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Prompt 259. Letters from Love
Sep 3, 2023
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Set a Timer. Tell the Truth.
Day 16 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
5 hrs ago
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Marginalia
Day 15 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
Jan 15
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Getting Free with Jon Batiste
A conversation about first lines and unexpected epiphanies
Jan 14
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Suleika Jaouad
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The First Sentence
Day 14 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
Jan 14
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Dear Susu
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Dear Susu #16: Cults, Boundaries, & Breaking Ties with Family
"I was raised in a cult and left. Do you have any advice on how to heal those wounds?"
Aug 10, 2023
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Suleika Jaouad
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Dear Susu #15: Heartbroken Friend
"How do I move on?"
Jun 16, 2023
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Suleika Jaouad
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Dear Susu #14: Shame Shepherds & Grace for Fuck-ups
“How do I get out of my own way so that I can write what needs to be written most?”
May 18, 2023
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Suleika Jaouad
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Dear Susu #13: To Betray or Not to Betray
“How do I write my story without hurting the people I love?”
Feb 28, 2023
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Dear Susu #12: Beholding the Body
"How do I make peace with changes in my appearance?"
Jan 26, 2023
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Journaler's Routine
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Getting Free with Jon Batiste
A conversation about first lines and unexpected epiphanies
Jan 14
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Suleika Jaouad
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Ferrari Energy with Kate Bowler
A conversation about ambition monsters and spectacular failures
Jan 7
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Suleika Jaouad
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Journaler's Routine No. 10: Lena Dunham on journals, memory, and "bess boyfrans"
“I love seeing how completely committed I was to never forgetting a detail. It’s amazing that as a result of that diligence, I haven’t.”
Sep 4, 2025
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Suleika Jaouad
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Journaler's Routine No. 9: The visual journals that unlock Oliver Jeffers’s imagination
“Half of making good art is surrendering…”
Aug 28, 2025
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Studio Visits
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A Workshop with Elizabeth Gilbert
Letters from Love: Video Replay
Sep 6, 2024
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Suleika Jaouad
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Survival as a Creative Act
A video replay of Saturday's Studio Visit!
Apr 9, 2024
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Suleika Jaouad
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On Joy, Sorrow, & Creative Alchemy
A video replay of my workshop with Susan Cain
Feb 27, 2024
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Suleika Jaouad
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American Symphony: A Conversation (Video Replay)
with Suleika Jaouad, Jon Batiste & Matthew Heineman
Nov 29, 2023
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Studio Visit: Hospital Edition
A behind-the-scenes tour of my painting studio
Feb 19, 2022
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Suleika Jaouad
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Creative Alchemy
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A luminous hour with one of my favorite living writers ✨
Over 600 of you joined us live—now you can watch the replay (and maybe even write alongside us)
Aug 6, 2025
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Suleika Jaouad
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Notes from the Hatch: Won't You Celebrate With Me
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Jul 13, 2025
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Carmen Radley
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Notes from the Hatch: Nothing on Earth but Laundry
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Jun 22, 2025
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Carmen Radley
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Holly Huitt
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Notes from the Hatch: Home Away from Home
Sunday, May 25, 2025
May 25, 2025
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Carmen Radley
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100-Day Project
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Celebrating Our 100-Day Project
Tiny Beautiful Creations & Lessons Learned, Part 2
Jul 9, 2022
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Suleika Jaouad
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Carmen Radley
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Holly Huitt
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We Made It!
Day 100: Tiny Beautiful Creations and Lessons Learned
Jul 9, 2022
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Suleika Jaouad
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Carmen Radley
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Holly Huitt
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Bindweed and Hawk Moths
What has your 100-day project made space for?
Jun 29, 2022
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Carmen Radley
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Inspiration Immersion
Hi friend! It's Day 70 of our 100-day project—only a month left—and I wanted to share something delightful with you.
Jun 9, 2022
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Suleika Jaouad
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Cultivating Seed Dreams
Making the most of the next 50 days
May 20, 2022
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Suleika Jaouad
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To Feel, Not To Do
Day 13 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
Jan 13
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Early. Late. Emotionally Complicated.
Day 12 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
Jan 12
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Cursed Days
Day 11 of our 30 Day New Year's Project: Molly Prentiss on airing grievances
Jan 11
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What the Hand Knows
Day 10 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
Jan 10
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Today's Assignment: Do Nothing
Day 9 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
Jan 9
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Hospital Bracelets and Writing a Life
Day 8 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
Jan 8
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46:23
Ferrari Energy with Kate Bowler
A conversation about ambition monsters and spectacular failures
Jan 7
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Suleika Jaouad
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Nonnegotiable
Watch now | Day 7 of our 30-Day New Year's Journaling Project
Jan 7
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Suleika Jaouad
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